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Wind

41 MCQ questions with answers and explanations · page 2 of 2

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Q26. Which of the following local winds is known as "snow eater"?

  1. AChinook
  2. BFawn
  3. CHarmattan
  4. DSirocco
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Answer: A) Chinook

Q27. Which of the following local winds is also called "Doctor Wind"?

  1. AFawn
  2. BChinook
  3. CHarmattan
  4. DSirocco
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Answer: C) Harmattan

Q28. Which of the following local winds provides relief from the humid weather to the people of Guinea coast in Africa?

  1. AMistral
  2. BHarmattan
  3. CKhamsin
  4. DSeamoon
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Answer: B) Harmattan

Q29. Which of the following hot local winds causes considerable damage to fruit orchards in California?

  1. AJonda
  2. BSanta Ana
  3. CNorthern
  4. DChinook
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Answer: B) Santa Ana

Q30. Which of the following warm local winds blows from the mountainous region of Central Europe towards the Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia?

  1. AMistral
  2. BFawn
  3. CBora
  4. DBuran
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Answer: C) Bora

Q31. Westerlies are those winds which blow from-

  1. Aover the polar regions
  2. Bfrom land to sea at night and from sea to land during the day
  3. Cin different directions depending on the weather
  4. D30 degrees of the equator⁰-60⁰ between north and south latitude lines
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Answer: D) 30 degrees of the equator⁰-60⁰ between north and south latitude lines

Q32. The sea breeze blows-

  1. Aduring the day
  2. BIn the night
  3. Cboth times
  4. Dseasonal
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Answer: A) during the day

Q33. Which one of the following is a local wind that blows outwards from Siberia?

  1. ABora
  2. BPurga
  3. CMistral
  4. DBlizzard
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Answer: D) Blizzard

Q34. The dry wind 'Harmattan' of the Sahara Desert blows in-

  1. Afrom north to south
  2. Bfrom south to north
  3. Cfrom east to west
  4. Dfrom west to east
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Answer: C) from east to west

Q35. Which of the following winds is laden with hot dust and blows from the Sahara Desert towards the Mediterranean region?

  1. Aheat wave
  2. BSirocco
  3. CFawn
  4. DMistral
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Answer: B) Sirocco

Q36. What are doldrums?

  1. Atropical wind belt
  2. Btropical wind deflection belt
  3. Csubtropical wind belt
  4. Dtropical wind belt
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Answer: A) tropical wind belt

Q37. The south-east trade winds are attracted towards the Indian subcontinent during the rainy season due to

  1. Ainfluenced by the north-east trade winds
  2. BDue to the formation of cyclones on the equator
  3. CDue to low air pressure in North-West India
  4. Dlack of easterly winds
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Answer: C) Due to low air pressure in North-West India

Q38. What does the name 'Sirocco' mean?

  1. Ato a local wind
  2. Bfor a volcano
  3. Cto an island
  4. DFor an ocean
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Answer: A) to a local wind

Q39. Which one of the following causes the wind from the Southern Hemisphere to be deflected to its left?

  1. ADifferences in water volumes between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
  2. Bpressure and stress variations
  3. Cinclined axis of the Earth
  4. Drotation of the earth
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Answer: D) rotation of the earth

Q40. Which one of the following is a cold local wind?

  1. ASanta Ana
  2. BChinook
  3. CMistral
  4. Dheat wave
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Answer: C) Mistral

Q41. What is the cold and dry air that comes down the mountains in the region of the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea called?

  1. AMistral
  2. BBora
  3. Cwind chill
  4. Dsnow storm
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Answer: B) Bora

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